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The Tlatelolco Massacre, Mexico 1968, and the Emotional Triangle of Anger, Grief and Shame

The Tlatelolco Massacre, Mexico 1968, and the Emotional Triangle of Anger, Grief and Shame

Victoria Carpenter

(2018)

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Abstract

In the aftermath of major violent events that affect many, we seek to know the ‘truth’ of what happened. Whatever ‘truth’ emerges relies heavily on the extent to which any text about a given event can stir our emotions – whether such texts are official sources or the ‘voice of the people’, we are more inclined to believe them if their words make us feel angry, sad or ashamed. If they fail to stir emotion, however, we will often discount them even when the reported information is the same. Victoria Carpenter analyses texts by the Mexican government, media and populace published after the Tlatelolco massacre of 2 October 1968, demonstrating how there is no strict division between their accounts of what happened and that, in fact, different sides in the conflict used similar and sometimes the same images and language to rouse emotions in the reader.


Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Cover\r Cover
Half Title i
Series Editors ii
Title iii
Copyright\r iv
Dedication\r v
Contents vii
List of Tables ix
Series Editors’ Foreword xi
Acknowledgements xiii
1 Introduction: ‘2 October Is Not Forgotten’ 1
2 ‘And All This Happened toUs’: Events of the Night of 2 October in the State and Public Discourses 30
3 Affect and Reason: Analysis of the Massacre in the State and Public Discourses 91
4 ‘Unfortunate and Sad Fate’: Emotional Reaction to the Massacre in the State and Public Discourses 135
5 Conclusion: The Symbolic Value of ‘2 October Is Not Forgotten’ 177
Notes 183
Bibliography 221
Index 233
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